Mixed media Self Portrait

My last project for Illustration Methods. We had to do a self-portrait and incorporate watercolor, ink, and collage. I used the watercolor experiment as a base and added myself in acrylic.

Interesting note: all the collage elements are prints from my own work. I saved all my rejected inkjet prints that had colors I didn't like-- or banding. At last I got to use 'em for something!

Anyway, I really regret letting my teacher put this in the school show though. Mainly because I think the execution of it is pretty sub-par. The weekend I should've worked on this, I was instead in New York for SOI, so I put a fraction of the time I should've into it.

See, it's got some really weak areas (especially my left hand! Euugh! It's like a mangled 3-fingered Simpson hand!), and it just happened to get into my school show. And so now through the whole next year, people can see what a terrible hand I painted.

But, it's still kinda fun and isn't all bad, so here it is...